For the last twenty years, the Red Dirt Rangers have criss-crossed America (and been overseas) to spread the gospel of the close to the ground, honest sound of the thing called the Red Dirt music scene. Starting from the musical hotbed of Stillwater, Oklahoma, these guys have never compromised their music. They have, along with their many friends in the scene, helped create a thing that is as unique and beautiful as an Oklahoma sunset. While no band in Red Dirt is the same, they all come from a common background. Their musical forefathers, Woody Guthrie, Bob Wills and the Texas Outlaw movement, offer a huge palette on which to draw from. It's a sound that's like no other: bluegrass, hardcore rock'n'roll, cajun, gospel, swing, tex-mex, blues, country, folk, all have a home within Red Dirt. And no band typifies that scene quite like the Red Dirt Rangers. They're in a position of being friends and collaboraters with those musicians that came before and after them through Stillwater, and blessed to have picked something up from all of them. They continue to spread the music and sound that defines them to audiences around the state, the region, the country and the world. Members: Bradley Piccolo (Oklahoma City, OK) - Rhythm guitar and vocals. Influences: Woody Guthrie, Chuck Berry, Bob Dylan, Bob Wills, The Beatles, Bob Childers, Jimmy LaFave, Tom Skinner, Greg Jacobs, Chuck Dunlap and Dub Cross. John Cooper (Payne County, Oklahoma) - Mandolin, percussion and vocals. Influences: Doug Sahm, The Skinner Brothers, Lightnin' Hopkins, Woody Guthrie, Bob Wills, Ray Charles, Bob Dylan, The Grateful Dead, Merle Haggard, Bob Childers, The Band, The Beatles and The Rolling Stones. Ben Han Labuan (Malaysia) - Lead guitar and vocals. Influences: Marty Robbins, The Everly Brothers, Slade, Badfinger, Credence Clearwater Revival, The Ventures and Dick Dale. with: Jimmy Karstein - drums. Randy Crouch - fiddle. Don Morris - bass. Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.